[Emacs-bug-tracker] bug#1794: closed (accessibility vs. password echoing)

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regarding accessibility vs. password echoing
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> accessibility vs. password echoing
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> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:32:24 +0800
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> Try this: turn out the room lights so you can't see the keyboard, but
> only the screen. Now try to type a password in M-x shell
> $ echo -e 'password: '; read p; echo $p
> Did you get back what you thought you typed in?
> Anyway, without an option to echo back what you typed, perhaps some
> disabled users will be at a disadvantage.
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> No. The relevant application should respond with a clear "password
> failed" if necessary. I cannot for the life of me imagine why Emacs
> should provide an option to echo passwords.
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